Funds
Singapore's National Research Foundation plans startup fund
The National Research Foundation (NRI) of Singapore is to put S$50 million ($38.1 million) into a startup funding scheme to attract experienced entrepreneurial talent to the city-state and support locally-established startup companies, according to NRF...
Nexus, Nokia, Fidelity, Cisco invest India's Netmagic
Nokia Growth Partners and Cisco Systems have led existing investors Nexus Venture Partners and Fidelity International into an INR70 crore ($15.7 million) investment round for Netmagic Solutions, an IT hosting services provider.
KKR takes stake in Avantha Power
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has become the latest leading private equity firm to tap into India's infrastructure sector, with an INR217 crore ($49 million) pre-IPO investment into Avantha Power & Infrastructure Ltd., a division of the $4 billion Avantha...
Inside India’s infra riddle
Will the needed upgrades come?
Gulf hospitality still lures private equity as Colony eyes MENA
Colony Capital chairman and chief executive Thomas J Barrack has said that his firm will look for investments in the hospitality and consumer sectors throughout the Gulf over the next five years.
Speed bumps ahead for Asian private equity returns
Buyer beware: Not all that investors touch turns to gold
What drives your private equity returns?
International investors may face something of a context shift when they look to enter Asia and actually derive returns from the region.
Korea’s National Pension Service seeks Asia Pacific real estate with Pramerica
Korea’s $259 billion SWF the National Pension Service has said that it will seek to invest at least $400 million in Asian and Australian real estate assets through Pramerica Real Estate Investors, an investment arm of Prudential Financial Inc.
Fortress moves Levinson to Singapore for Asia push
Fortress Investment Group is transferring co-CIO of its global macro funds Adam Levinson to Singapore to lead a new office of around 10 personnel, which will build out the firm’s Asia presence.
KPCB raises RMB600 million so far for China fund
Silicon Valley VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) is raising an RMB-denominated fund to invest in Chinese companies, and has already raised RMB600 million ($89.4 million), according to reports.
Japan's Tonchidot com gets $12 million from local, global VCs
Tonchidot Corporation., a privately-held provider of mobile augmented-reality platforms in Japan, has raised $12 million in Series B funding from local and global venture capital firms.
Oak Investment Partners sets up shop in Mumbai
US-based VC firm Oak Investment Partners has opened an office in Mumbai - its first outside the US - intended to manage India-specific growth-capital investments out of its 13th fund, worth $770 million.
Soros-invested Hainan Airlines launches air leasing private equity fund for China
PRC carrier Hainan Airlines has announced plans for China's first dedicated aircraft leasing private equity fund, with an RMB5 billion ($747 million) target and focused on domestic opportunities.
Industry Q&A: Bruno Raschle
Bruno E. Raschle, Executive Chairman at Zurich-based fund of funds Adveq Management, talks about Asia-focused trends among GPs, LPs and regulators, and what this implies for the future of the asset class in the region.
CalPERS PE data highlights MOR Asia
Asia on global par, later vintages lag
Russian roulette for PRC investing
Risk, rewards and everything in between: the promise of returns in China
Which way for Asian private equity?
The release of CalPERS's latest fund performance results comes at an interesting time.
Carlyle’s Marumo moves to Lazard
Masato Marumo, formerly an MD with Carlyle Group, who left the firm's Japan office earlier this year, has now joined Lazard Ltd. in Tokyo as an MD, where he will work closely with Yasu Hatakeyama, President and CEO of Lazard Frères Japan.
Khazanah forms clean energy investment JV with Camco
Khazanah Nasional, Malaysian's SWF, has announced a JV agreement with emission reductions and clean energy developer Camco International Ltd. (Camco), to invest into the clean energy and emissions sector in Southeast Asia.
NPS to invest in US real estate
South Korea’s National Pension Service has announced plans to allocate $300 million to investments in US property, with a focus on secondary buyouts of stakes in stressed private equity real estate funds.
3i plans RMB fund under Queen's blueprint
UK private equity major 3i Group is planning to launch a renminbi-denominated fund as part of an overall two-year plan, announced 3i CEO Michael Queen, coming alongside the second Indian infrastructure fund expected since March this year.
Tokio Marine plans mid-cap buyout fund for Japan
Tokio Marine Holdings, one of Japan's leading insurance companies, is targeting to raise a JPY50 billion ($590 million) buyout fund, its fourth, through its Tokio Marine Capital unit, to invest in mid-cap Japanese companies.
Blue Sky engages Bain's Shand as associate director
Australia's Blue Sky Private Equity, the SME- and mid-cap-focused direct investment arm of Brisbane's BlueSky Funds Management, has recruited Robert Shand, formerly a consultant with Bain & Co., as an associate director.
Achuthan forms Achuthan & Co. for India, Southeast Asia investment
Hari Achuthan, previously a director with the private equity group at Credit Suisse Asset Management, is forming a private equity firm, Achuthan & Co., to invest in India and Southeast Asia.